RJ ZaworskiA Better Todo ListWhile I’m a huge proponent of work organized around outcomes over tasks, collaborative work environments require some system for tracking…3 min read·Dec 5, 2023----
RJ ZaworskiDoes Software Even Need Managers?The Harvard Business Review put the cost of excess management at $3 capital-T-Trillion back in 2016, and it’s hard to imagine the numbers…3 min read·Nov 3, 2023----
RJ ZaworskiR&D is a Cost Center…and if you like your job, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.2 min read·Oct 30, 2023----
RJ ZaworskiThe AI Bubble is For RealWe’ve seen bubbles before. Are the vast sums of money and talent currently pouring into AI any different?17 min read·Oct 20, 2023----
RJ ZaworskiinDeveloping KoanCreating your startup’s career ladderAs a founder at a scrappy young startup, “create career ladder” barely even ranks on the list of things that Need To Happen Yesterday. It’s…5 min read·Dec 3, 2021----
RJ ZaworskiinDeveloping KoanEvery Software Team Deserves a CharterSoftware teams own features, projects, and services—everyone knows that. But caught up in what we’re doing, it’s easy to lose sight of why…5 min read·Dec 2, 2021----
RJ ZaworskiinDeveloping KoanAnatomy of a high-velocity CI/CD pipelineIf you’re going to optimize your development process for one thing, make it speed. Not the kind of speed that racks up technical debt on…11 min read·Nov 30, 2021----
RJ ZaworskiinDeveloping KoanSharing our startup’s hiring manualThe Internet isn’t very good at keeping secrets, and anyone who believes otherwise deserves most of what they get.4 min read·Nov 18, 2021----
RJ ZaworskiinDeveloping KoanMaking the most of our startup’s on-call rotationWe’ve turned on-call from a dreaded responsibility to one of our most cherished traditions.7 min read·Nov 11, 2021----
RJ ZaworskiinDeveloping KoanPorting Koan’s 150,000-line JavaScript codebase to TypeScriptLike most development teams, our team at Koan is always looking for an edge in the quality and velocity of our work.5 min read·Feb 25, 2021----